Display box and tray.



E. M. LEWIS.

DISPLAY BOX AND TRAY:

APPLICATION FILED APB. 2a, 1909.

Patented Nov. 9, 1909.

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WM'ESSES E. M. LEWIS. DISPLAY BOX ND TRAY. APPLICATION FILED APR.29,109.

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.cover removed and the tray elevated; and

.QEDGAR MALCOLM LEWIS, OF MOUNDSVILLE, IES'I VIRGINIA.

DISPLAY Box Ann TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patient.

lPatented Nov. 9, 1909.

Application tiled. April 29, 1999. Serial No. 492,820.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR M. LEWIS, a citizen of the. United States, anda resident of Moundsville, in the county Aof Marshall and State of 1Vest Virginia, have made certain' new and useful Improvements in DisplayBoxes and Trays, of which the follow ing is a specification.

-My invention is an improvement in dis` play boxes, and consists in'certain novel constructions and combinations of parts hereinafterdescribed and claimed. t

The object of the invention is to provide a lov.Y priced, convenient,and compact coinbination of box and display tray for use in packinggoods, which are intended to bedisplayed by the retailer, in theoriginal boxes as received from the .maimfacturenN A further obgect isto provide a. device of such simplicity that-V it cannot. get out oforder, inexpensive enough to be applied to the cheapest box and at thesaine time so coniplete that it may be used with the most elaborate andcostly creat-ion of the box makers skill. i

Referring to the drawingsI forming a part hereofFigure l is aperspective view of the box with the tray removed; Fig. 2 is a similarview with the tray in place, of a box havingl a sliding cover; Fig. B isa longitudinal section of a box having a modified form of Isupportingdevice tor the tray and the ordina ry form ot' cover; liig. 4. is aperspective view ot' the box shown inl Fig. 3 with the Fig. is lasimilar view of .a tray provided with another modified form of securingdevice.

The present embodiment of the invention comprises a box 1, which may beof any desircti construction, and nsupplied with a siiding lid 2 as.renown in Fig. 2, or with the usual form of cover 3, shown in Fig. 3.

The tray consists of a bottom 4t having ends 5 and sides t3, which areconnected at their corners as at 7 in any suitable manner, and at oneend the tray is provided with an angular clip S fitting against the endand the bottom thereof, the said clip being provided at each end with anoverl'ianging .flange 9, 10, the fiange 10 passing' through the bottomof the box and overlying the upper face thereof as shown in Fig. 1.

At approximately7 the center of the bottom of the tray the ends of aplurality of straps 11 are secured as at 12 and the other ends of thestraps are secured to the end of the box remote from the clip as at- 13.The straps 11 areiiexible, and may be made vof any suitable material andare of such forni a loop, one of whose ends is engaged with the box asat 15, extending through openings 16 in vthe end thereof, the other end17 extending through openings 14 in the bottom of the tray as shown inFig. 2. The

ends and 17 prevent withdrawal of the.l cord, and the cord 1s ofsutiicient length to vforni a support for the end of the box remote fromthe clip in the samelnanner as the straps.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3, a; clip supports one end of thebox,.and a cord 1S is passed through spaced openings 19 at approximatelythe center of the tray, over the end of the box remote from the clip,and

through spaced openings 2,0 in the end of the box, the ends of the cordbeing connected as at Q1. The clip shown in Figs. 3 and et is a wire,doubled upon itself to form an open loop whose body portion is bent overto 't'orm an overlying lug 22 for engaging the end pf the box, and theends of the loop are passed through the bottom of the tray and bent overon to the surface thereof as at 23. In this construction the cordanswers the same purpose asI the straps shown in Fig. 1, and the cordshown in Fig. 2.

In Fig. 5, the clip S- is made use of, and

Ialso the straps 11 as shown in Fig. 1, but

the ends of the straps instead of being secured to the end of the boxare provided with clips 24, each of which is provided withan'overhanging flange 25 for engaging the end of the box.

In the use of the device, the tray may be packed with a display orsample layer of goods, and may be supplied With fancy paper trimming,pictures, advertising matter, or price card. Then a sale is made, thetray is elevated out of the box and moved to one side thereof and thegoods sold are taken from the body of the box, after which the tray isreplaced the contents thereof remaining undisturbed. v i

. may be used with the tray, the tray being if roxi mately me aan,

proved tray, the retailer i's assured of an attwill be evident that byusing the imtraetive display of hisv goods :.t all times and the laborand expense of keeping the stock in order will be lessened.

lt will be evident that any Ahaped to fit the box.

claim: l. rlhe combination. with a box, of a tray seated therein, saidtray having at one en an angular' cli 3, provided at each end with anoverlying ange, one of which isv passed through the bottom of the trayand overlies vk.the upper face thereof, and the other being adapted toengage the edge of the box, a iler/tibio strand secured by one end tothe nider face of the bottom ofthe tray at ap the center thereof,andhaving at its free' end a clip for engaging the edge of the box oppositethe point ,of engagement of the tiret named elip, said strand being ofstrand being of a length sufficient to support the edge of the trayflush with the edge i ef the oox..

3. The combination with a box, of a tray seated therein, and provided.at one end with means for engaging the adjacent edge of the box, and aflexible strand secured by one end to the under face of the tray atapproximately the center thereof, and providedv at the other end withmeans for engaglng the opposite edge of the box, said strand being of alenvth sufficient to support the edge of the tray flush with the edge ofthe box.

4. The combination with seated therein, and provided at oneend withmeans for engagingthe adjacentedge of the box, and a flexible strandsecured by one end to the bottom of the tray and provided at the `otherend with means for engaging the opposite edge of the box, said strandbeing of a length Sufficient to support the edge of the tray ,flush withthe edge vof the box and being attached at a point remote from that edgeof the box engaged by the means at the ends of the strand for thepurpose set forth.

5. rlhe combination with the box of a tray seated. therein, and providedat one end with means for engaging the edge "of the box, and at theother end with a flexible strand Whose one end is connected with the boxadj nec-ntto its edge, and the other with the bottoni of the tray at apoint remote from. said edge, said strand being of a length sufficientto support the tray with the edge thereof Hush with the edge of the box.

EDGAR MALCOLM LEWIS.

Witnesses:

y O. D. STRADER, I

E. D. LEACH.

a box, of a tray

